Thread: It's the little touches that make the whole thing come together

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So this year, my G/F and I decided that our decor theme will be to create the appearance that our apartment is old, run down and abandoned. Stained white sheets cover all the furniture and the elements have had their way with the place.

Last year we had created some faux "broken lathe & plaster wall" panels with great success (the looked great under dim lighting)



...and thought we'd push it a bit further this year.

So here's my test run to see what it would look like (unfortunately we threw away the panels since they didn't survive the holidays) but I think you guys get the idea.



I'd love to hear suggestions on how to keep them up since they're being held in place with tape right now, which I'm sure will eventually lose its tack and unstick itself. Maybe some sort of staple or something along those lines?

I've also been considering some mold or the look of water damage, but I'm not quite sure how to pull it off against the dark brown wall without having to paint the wall.

The faux broken lathe and plaster looks awesome! The vines are a great addition too! Staples would work, but you may have a lot of holes to patch later! They make some really strong double back tape that if you could cut it into small enough pieces so that a leaf would hide it I don't think you'd have to worry about it losing its tackiness! As for distressing the wall maybe take a sheet of poster paper and spread paper towels over it and cover it all in modge podge and let it wrinkle up! Then paint it the same color brown and maybe add some black/green spots for water damage/mold and tape that to the wall as well! May be a little hard to blend but something of that nature may work

Nice!!! Looks great! You have the excellent idea now run wild with it!


Oh and hello fellow socal neighbor!

Originally Posted by beavervw

As for distressing the wall maybe take a sheet of poster paper and spread paper towels over it and cover it all in modge podge and let it wrinkle up! Then paint it the same color brown and maybe add some black/green spots for water damage/mold and tape that to the wall as well! May be a little hard to blend but something of that nature may work

That's a great idea! Gonna test that out next week.

I've had great luck with straight pins that I use for sewing. You'll need to gently hammer them in or they'll bend but they hold and the hole isn't even noticeable when you pull them out. Tip - make sure you don't get straight pins that are specially made for silk. They're very thin and bend way too easily for this use.